Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi took their notes ban battle today to Uttar Pradesh, where elections will be held soon. In Kanpur, PM Modi attacked opposition parties for not allowing Parliament to function in the winter session and accused them of scuttling crucial debate on holding simultaneous national and state elections and on the funding of political parties. The Opposition, he said, was defending the corrupt by opposing the ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes aimed at eliminating black money.